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by Conor
Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:04 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What did you do with your extra hour?
Replies: 18
Views: 2591

Re: What did you do with your extra hour?

Realized I had an extra hour to sleep, so stayed up an hour later.
by Conor
Fri Oct 01, 2010 10:10 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Friday October 1st 2010
Replies: 21
Views: 3226

Re: Spoilers For Friday October 1st 2010

Indeed, an example of how learning the meanings of words can help you play better (and look less of an idiot). Well no. Just learn what I did above and it's nothing to do with meanings. Necessary and sufficient, I think. Also, meanings are useful when determining whether a sensible plural exists fo...
by Conor
Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:59 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 433683

Re: Feature requests

With all the throat-slashing over young, male, nerdy types stringing out obscurities with no idea of their meaning, I'm not sure the issue is with not knowing the meanings. I think it's just young male nerdy types who spend 60 hours a week practising Countdown who then go on TV and wipe the floor w...
by Conor
Mon Sep 27, 2010 2:48 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Monday September 27th 2010
Replies: 9
Views: 1792

Re: Spoilers For Monday September 27th 2010

TECHIE, rd 7.
by Conor
Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:41 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 433683

Re: Feature requests

With all the throat-slashing over young, male, nerdy types stringing out obscurities with no idea of their meaning, perhaps definitions could be incorporated into apterous. When you, your opponent and DC offer a word it could be clickable with a quick definition (pulled from dictionary.com or wherev...
by Conor
Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:15 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 433683

Re: Feature requests

Opened this thread hours ago, and only just got the Ray Parlour joke.
by Conor
Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:01 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: WORST ROUND EVAH
Replies: 10
Views: 1748

Re: WORST ROUND EVAH

Very similar selection to one in a game I ran by email where HUI was also the darren.
by Conor
Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:21 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Famous Countdowners...
Replies: 33
Views: 4367

Re: Famous Countdowners...

Jon O'Neill wrote: I met this guy last night who went to your school or college or something Conor, Nick Gardner, he seemed quite weirded out when I said we had a Countdown rivalry back in the day.
Don't know him, I think. Perhaps he would've been less weirded out if you'd said we'd slept together.
by Conor
Fri Sep 17, 2010 2:39 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Thursday September 16th 2010
Replies: 29
Views: 5200

Re: Spoilers For Thursday September 16th 2010

ANORTHITE was fantastic. Knew it, but was nowhere near it. Great to see someone young tearing it up again - reminds me of that time Lewis Hamilton came second in the F1 drivers' championship in his rookie season!
by Conor
Fri Sep 17, 2010 12:24 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Gaelic Football Thread
Replies: 74
Views: 13035

Re: The C4C Gaelic Football Thread

Tipperary beat Kilkenny?! Go to a strange country for a couple of weeks and you lose all touch with reality. Fantastic. That's made my day.
by Conor
Fri Sep 17, 2010 12:16 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Gaelic Football Thread
Replies: 74
Views: 13035

Re: The C4C Gaelic Football Thread

It was disappointing people lamenting Kildare's loss rather than praising Down's win - Down were the better team, more skilful and fluent passing and looked very much in control until some missed chances and sloppy defending late on let Kildare back in. I'd like Down to win (everyone hates Cork, exc...
by Conor
Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:14 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Famous Countdowners...
Replies: 33
Views: 4367

Re: Famous Countdowners...

Charlie Reams wrote:Oh and let's not forget Jon O'Neill, who had a starring role in the autobiography of darts fatty Wayne Mardle (and by starring role, I mean one mention with his name misspelled).
Our Jon O'Neill? And Wayne Mardle's a healthy average by darts' standards.
by Conor
Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:08 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Famous Countdowners...
Replies: 33
Views: 4367

Re: Famous Countdowners...

Ah, Clarke Carlisle! Reminded me of Ayoola Erinle. David Elias (a series champion) wrote questions for the Krypton Factor and The Weakest Link.
by Conor
Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:45 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Famous Countdowners...
Replies: 33
Views: 4367

Famous Countdowners...

...whose fame extends outside of the Countdown sphere (and for more interest, the game show sphere). I was casually reading a Wiki article when the name Ariane Sherine buzzed my memory to Chris Philpot's show, and it's the same one . CJ de Mooi is the other who comes to mind, and perhaps Jack Welsby...
by Conor
Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:38 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Work poo study
Replies: 86
Views: 8203

Re: Work poo study

By the way, I'm not sure if this was covered earlier, but with all the unwritten rules about using the urinal furthest from other people etc. why do people not always just piss in a cubicle as the first choice and then only use a urinal if they're taken? Because it may look like you're concerned ab...
by Conor
Fri Aug 20, 2010 7:53 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Exam results
Replies: 151
Views: 17864

Re: Exam results

Matt Morrison wrote:If you're doing maths at uni, get used to it.
I joke of course - such is Oxbridge that maths is probably more likely to get you laid than studying something cool.
Mmh, 'fraid not. (Not speaking from experience.)
by Conor
Fri Aug 20, 2010 5:31 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Exam results
Replies: 151
Views: 17864

Re: Exam results

At Cambridge, I failed in the Honours, but just did well enough to be granted a Pass degree :( Is there still a mandatory Classics entrance test? - I needed Latin as well as Maths (Pure & Applied) Physics and Chemistry. That was back in 1943 - I think my equivalent grades were D(or E - anything...
by Conor
Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:05 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Exam results
Replies: 151
Views: 17864

Re: Exam results

Congrats Jimmy and Jack. I'm guessing you're doing maths having done STEP (unless you did them for fun), and Pembroke is a nice college.
by Conor
Sat Aug 14, 2010 11:59 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Max Game Moment: What Would You Do?
Replies: 48
Views: 4479

Re: Max Game Moment: What Would You Do?

Haha, I still don't understand this. The conundrum is the only round in the game that can be affected by your opponent (except their choice of numbers perhaps, like 6 small to fuck you up a bit). If I know they're going for the conundrum I'll buzz in instantly but sometimes I mess up like press SOU...
by Conor
Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:46 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CoLei3 - Saturday 16 October 2010
Replies: 129
Views: 27289

Re: CoLei3 - Saturday 16 October 2010

Hmm, yeah, in. I'll Paypal the dosh when I can be bothered to replace my lost card.
by Conor
Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:50 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Friday December 18th 2009 Grand Final
Replies: 66
Views: 10689

Re: Spoilers For Friday December 18th 2009 Grand Final

Fantastic final (the only episode I've seen for months due to being at university) - out of interest, did you have SHOALED, Andrew? Not that it ultimately would've changed anything. To add to the "oh-so-nearly"s of round 13: only one letter away from HEADLOUSE. Which is actually two words....
by Conor
Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:36 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Tastes in comedy
Replies: 72
Views: 8004

Re: Tastes in comedy

I think the humour in The Office can usually be got by anyone who's experienced an awkward silence. It's still quality stuff.

I am unashamedly in love with both Stewart Lee and Dylan Moran.
by Conor
Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:55 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Exam results
Replies: 151
Views: 17864

Re: Exam results

I'll make a quick reappearance: 3As in maths, further maths and physics and a capitulatory B in computing; plus a 1,1 in STEP. Enough to sneak into St. John's College, Cambridge.
by Conor
Sun May 17, 2009 10:30 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Birthdays
Replies: 1252
Views: 129710

Re: Birthdays

Happy birthday Doddy! You're very old, though.
by Conor
Sat May 16, 2009 8:52 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Exam season!
Replies: 33
Views: 5289

Re: Exam season!

Oh, erm, hmm. A2s this year: some maths exams next week (FP2 and FP3, I think) and then computing, physics and the dreaded STEP in June.
by Conor
Wed May 13, 2009 3:12 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for 13/05/2009
Replies: 20
Views: 2332

Re: Spoilers for 13/05/2009

LEUCINE was there for 7 in round 11, though I'd have been hesitant to risk it competitively. Impressive display by the champion -- he's especially solid on the letters.
by Conor
Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:35 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Lexplorer
Replies: 14
Views: 1993

Re: Lexplorer

Very neat. It's a testament to my immaturity (or suppressed urges, if you want to be mean) that my virgin Lexploring was "penis".
by Conor
Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:01 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: APTOBASH I: Enter the Dragon
Replies: 64
Views: 6770

Re: APTOBASH I: Enter the Dragon

In?
by Conor
Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:53 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Reaction to the final
Replies: 35
Views: 4641

Re: Reaction to the final

Been a bit busy so haven't posted. Congratulations Junaid and commiserations Charlie, it was an excellent and poignant final.
by Conor
Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:18 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Monday 8th December 2008, Series 59 3rd Quarter-Final
Replies: 5
Views: 1567

Re: Monday 8th December 2008, Series 59 3rd Quarter-Final

I'll admit to thinking the conundrum was "INFOMAGIC". :S
by Conor
Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:51 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: New Host
Replies: 264
Views: 29786

Re: New Host

Oh, good choices. I was disappointing when I'd heard that Alexander Armstrong pulled out, but I'm a fan of Jeff Stelling.
by Conor
Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:14 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Junior Countdowners
Replies: 51
Views: 6288

Re: Junior Countdowners

Charlie Reams wrote:
Oliver Garner wrote:If we get a few more Under 16's we could make a tourny out of it.
That would be pretty cool. I'd happily run it.
I read "run it" as "ruin it". Hah.
by Conor
Wed Nov 05, 2008 4:51 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 5th November 2008
Replies: 22
Views: 3893

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 5th November 2008

PENTANES. Pentane is listed as a mass noun. I'm not sure whether you can have more than one type or multiple pentanes in a restaurant. I decided against risking it on the show. I got MACHETES at home, but missed out on REBOOT, so I beat myself by 3 points today. You're right. I could remember one o...
by Conor
Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:23 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Random Stuff
Replies: 39
Views: 4333

Re: Random Stuff

Does an agnostic, insomniac, Countdowner lay in bed at night wondering if there's a dog?
by Conor
Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:27 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Retirement
Replies: 22
Views: 4144

Re: Retirement

I'm interested. :P
by Conor
Sun Nov 02, 2008 12:19 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Championship of Champions XIII -- Official Draw
Replies: 81
Views: 9913

Re: Championship of Champions XIII -- Official Draw

It's hard to pick a clear favourite. I think Matthew has it pretty well with the odds, although I'd probably reduce Hurrell's and Brittain's odd, although the latter may claim the Jews faked the CoC anyway. Also, I notice an infinitely higher proportion of female contestants in this CoC in compariso...
by Conor
Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:10 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers -- Thursday 23rd October
Replies: 34
Views: 5500

Re: Spoilers -- Thursday 23rd October

Well done Charlie and his erections. A shame about a 6 small selection and a nasty conundrum (first one I haven't got in an age).
by Conor
Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:49 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers -- Wednesday 22nd October
Replies: 15
Views: 2904

Re: Spoilers -- Wednesday 22nd October

David O'Donnell wrote:Missed APPLAUSE and CEREMONY today - I could have lived with one of them being missed but not both. Goodbye cruel world :(
That's what I missed too. :(
by Conor
Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:35 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers -- Wednesday 22nd October
Replies: 15
Views: 2904

Spoilers -- Wednesday 22nd October

DISCOIDS for 8.
by Conor
Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:38 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Fun maths question
Replies: 16
Views: 2134

Re: Fun maths question

Dinos Sfyris wrote: But if it were it would be zero, yes? :p
You can say as a tends to infinity, 1/a tends to zero. But 1/infinity isn't defined since infinity isn't a number.
by Conor
Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:16 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Fun maths question
Replies: 16
Views: 2134

Re: Fun maths question

Paul gets it, all permutations, well done. :) Nice alternative method to mine, I can see it being useful. The geometrical interpretation was interesting too. What I did: Multiply through by abc to get (a+1)(b+1)(c+1) = 2abc. Let a = 2, so 3(b+1)(c+1) = 4bc. Rearrange to get bc - 3b - 3c - 3 = 0 and ...
by Conor
Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:10 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 21st October
Replies: 71
Views: 8831

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 21st October

Top game today -- good performances coupled with humour. I hadn't expected Charlie to offer WANKERS and figured his sniggering was a "yeah, I saw that word too" kind of expression. Pleasing to see NARCOTISE preferred over the bland alternatives, I remember some other great person did the s...
by Conor
Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:58 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: CountMax errors
Replies: 727
Views: 91050

Re: CountMax errors

Can PLEROMA be pluralized? It's tagged with [in sing.], but so is INRUSH and INRUSHES was allowed back in CoC XII: Matt Shore against Chris Cummins.
by Conor
Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:32 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Fun maths question
Replies: 16
Views: 2134

Re: Fun maths question

BMO1 or BMO2? I sucked fairly hard at the former when I was at school (I got one right and a partial solution to another, which I think was near the median). I've actually got a vague memory of seeing this one before, possibly got my wires crossed somewhere but remember it having a nice geometrical...
by Conor
Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:49 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Fun maths question
Replies: 16
Views: 2134

Re: Fun maths question

It's a BMO question, actually.
by Conor
Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:43 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Which mailing list was best?
Replies: 10
Views: 1814

Re: Which mailing list was best?

I thought Zef's mailing list was countdownonline, unless I'm missing something...?
by Conor
Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:40 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Fun maths question
Replies: 16
Views: 2134

Fun maths question

It requires no knowledge of maths beyond simple algebraic manipulation, but needs a systematic and intuitive approach:

Find all triples of positive integers a,b and c such that

(1 + 1/a)(1 + 1/b)(1 + 1/c) = 2

Good luck. :)
by Conor
Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:16 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Cat Puzzle
Replies: 7
Views: 1572

Re: Cat Puzzle

Yeah. I get 729 too (after some initial errors :p). You can make the checking process quicker by only cubing values divisible by 3.
by Conor
Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:09 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What's your phobia?
Replies: 23
Views: 3739

Re: What's your phobia?

Spiders. I've always hated them. The prospect of being in a room filled to the brim with corpses sounds more appealing than touching a spider.
by Conor
Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:06 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Which football team do you support?
Replies: 84
Views: 10071

Re: Which football team do you support?

I "casually" support Man Utd, genetically inherited from my dad rather than the allure of glory. I emphasize the casualness -- I've seen little football this season.
by Conor
Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:03 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday, 17th October
Replies: 48
Views: 6703

Re: Spoilers for Friday, 17th October

Just watched your episodes on 4od and my verdict: very good. I played better "today", but was beaten on a few rounds on your other shows. I think you were slightly unlucky, what with declaring first in round 9 and yet another 6 small numbers game selection. AMITOTIC was there as an equalle...
by Conor
Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:17 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Exam results
Replies: 55
Views: 5173

Re: Exam results

Ben Pugh wrote: Which college are you applying to?
St. John's. Are you applying too?
by Conor
Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:16 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Official Thread of Brag
Replies: 1176
Views: 167181

Re: Official Thread of Brag

The rounds were flatter than those in Paul's game, but: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=3298
by Conor
Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:21 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Have you ever cried at Countdown?
Replies: 28
Views: 4632

Have you ever cried at Countdown?

Come on, own up if you have. We're all very mature, we won't deride you.

Me? Not quite, but I was close to doing so at the end of the Series 52 final, Tournoff vs Gallen. The Series 53 final was quite poignant too.
by Conor
Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:17 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: New Host
Replies: 264
Views: 29786

Re: Latest Countdown host speculation

He's certainly not someone I'd have expected to be linked with the job, and I don't know if he'd appeal to docile, slightly-senile old ladies. But personally, I'd consider him a decent choice: I find Armstrong and Miller quite funny.
by Conor
Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:40 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Official Thread of Brag
Replies: 1176
Views: 167181

Re: Official Thread of Brag

Seriously? :lol: but didn't Ben send you about 10,000 texts and emails about it? Edit to say: yes please do finish it, then Ben'll let you come to COLin (if you're up for it) I've been somewhat slack (well, a bit of an understatement) in checking my emails. :P Not sure about the texts though, but I...
by Conor
Wed Sep 24, 2008 2:59 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Official Thread of Brag
Replies: 1176
Views: 167181

Re: Official Thread of Brag

Julian Fell wrote:Jesus, Conor :shock: BIRTHDATE, PICAROON, TEPIDARIA... you've obviously been keeping in practice whilst you were away! Scary... so are you going to finish your COMA Final with Paul H?
Oh, I'd forgotten about that. :oops: I'm up for finishing it anytime.
by Conor
Wed Sep 24, 2008 2:55 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Exam results
Replies: 55
Views: 5173

Re: Exam results

The clever sod who lives down my road is planning to do the same and I've been helping him get used to STEP. We found a couple of decent resources (which you may have discovered already), the first has general tips and detailed solutions explaining the thought processes behind them for a ton of STE...